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The Apocalypse Art Prize 2017
The Apocalypse Prize 2017 is a religious art competition which as been developed to stimulate interest in Medieval Art as a resource for contemporary religious artists. This is an international, free...
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A Combination Tenebrae Hearse and Paschal Candlestick
From the Facebook page of the Fraternity of St Peter’s English apostolates comes this rather ingenious explanation of how they also use a Tenebrae hearse as a Paschal candlestick. Although this is...
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Bringing Education in Sacred Arts Into the Mainstream - Take Workshops for...
I am pleased to announce that Pontifex University is now offering studio credit for its Masters in Sacred Arts through established teachers offering workshops around the world. As the first three in a...
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Ash Wednesday 2017 Photopost
As always, thanks to all the readers who send in photographs of their Ash Wednesday liturgies. Our headliner is definitely a first for NLM: ash-colored vestments (couleur cendrée) from the Fraternity...
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International Declaration on Sacred Music "Cantate Domino"
Today, March 5, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Instruction Musicam Sacram(promulgated March 5, 1967), a Declaration on Sacred Music Cantate Domino, signed by over 200 musicians, pastors, and...
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In Honor of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Portion of St. Francis Borgia’s “Litany of...
On the eve of the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, recalling the very day of his passing from this life to life eternal (March 7, 1274), I would like to share with readers a translation of a curious little...
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Melkite Bishop Nicholas to Celebrate Divine Liturgy on Berkeley Campus, March...
The third in the series of monthly liturgies of the Melkite Outreach of Berkeley will be held on Satruday, March 11th, 5pm, at the Gesu Chapel of the Jesuit School of Theology, 1735 Leroy Ave.,...
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“Can Liturgy Heal a Secular Age?” : An Interesting Article by Prof. Timothy...
The Church Life Journal, a publication of the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, yesterday posted an article by their founding editor, Timothy O’Malley, entitled “Can Liturgy...
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A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches 2017 (Part 1)
My friend Agnese is once again following the daily pilgrimage to the Lenten Station churches in Rome, and, as she has so kindly done on many other occasions, sharing her photos of the ceremonies with...
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EF Pontifical with Card. Burke in Oakland. California, March 19
His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke will celebrated a Pontifical High Mass on March 19, the Third Sunday of Lent, at the church of St Margaret Mary in Oakland, California, beginning at 12:30 pm. The...
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Third Issue of “Altare Dei” with Special Features for the 50th Anniversary of...
Maestro Aurelio Porfiri is pleased to announce the publication of Issue 3 of Altare Dei. (The contents of Issue 1 and Issue 2 were published at NLM when they appeared.) Once again, there are many fine...
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The Station Churches of the Ember Days of Lent
During all four sets of Ember Days, the stations are held at the same three churches: on Wednesday at St Mary Major, on Friday at the church of the Twelve Apostles, and on Saturday at the basilica of...
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Missa Cantata in Jersey City for the Annunciation
The church of St Anthony of Padua in Jersey City, New Jersey, will have an EF Missa cantata for the feast of the Annunciation, Saturday, March 25th, starting at 11 a.m. The church is located at 457...
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A Beautiful New Parish Church in Indiana
Here is an encouraging report on the parish of St Pius X in Granger, Indiana, in the diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend, which will soon be dedicating a new church; encouraging not only because they...
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Spectacular New Addition to the Art in Our Lady of the Mountains, Georgia
Fr Charles Byrd of Our Lady of the Mountains in Jasper, Georgia, has informed me of a spectacular new edition to the art in this little church in rural Georgia. It has been sponsored by the local...
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The Penitential Psalms in the Liturgy of Lent
In his Life of St Augustine, St Possidius of Calama writes that in his final illness, the great doctor “had ordered the Psalms of David, those very few which concern penance, be written out; and lying...
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St Gregory Palamas and St Thomas Aquinas
Those who read the previous piece about the Melkite Greek Catholic liturgy with Bishop Nicholas in Berkeley today will have read this already, but it was buried away at the bottom of the piece, and it...
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A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches 2017 (Part 2)
We continue our annual visit to the Lenten station churches in Rome with our friend Agnese. Here we see the basilica of St Mary Major with its customary set-up of reliquaries on the main altar, and...
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Why the Communal Mass Should Be Sung
This article concerns the singing of the Ordinary Form of the Mass, but its main point pertains also to the desirability of sung Masses in the Extraordinary Form.As is well known to historians of the...
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Not Just Illuminations! Historical Wall Paintings of the Gothic School of St...
Recently, I suggested that Matthew Paris and other artists of the 14th Gothic illuminations (which I have called the “School of St Albans” after the town where Paris lived and worked) might be a model...
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